THE NUMBER OF CHIKUNGUNYA CASES -- GROWING ... TONIGHT A FOURTH PERSON INFECTED -- BUT WE FOUND SOME PARENTS WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS CHIKUNGUNYA IS A VIRUS THAT IS SPREAD BY MOSQUITO FROM PERSON TO MOSQUITO THEN TO PERSON . STATE HEALTH OFFICALS SAY THEY'RE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO CHIKUNGUNYA. ITS A VIRUS THAT'S BEEN SPREADING RAPIDLY THROUGHOUT THE CARIBBEAN FOR ABOUT THE PAST 8 OR 9 MONTHS . WE'RE SEEING THE PAINFUL DISEASE MORE IN THE U-S. IT HAS THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS WEST NILE VIRUS LIKE JOINT PAIN AND FEVER. AND YOU CAN CATCH IT THE SAME WAY -- THROUGH MOSQUITOES. BUT MANY STILL NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT. . HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE ?? NO MAAM I HAVEN'T NO NEVER HEARD OF IT... MISSISSIPPI IS ONE OF OVER 30 STATES REPORTING CHIKUNGUNYA CASES. HERE IN THE MAGNOLIA STATE-- AT LEAST 4 PEOPLE HAVE THE VIRUS . THOSE 4 COULD TURN INTO DOZENS -- IF BIT BY THE RIGHT MOSQUITO. THE MOSQUITOES THAT SPREAD THE VIRUS ARE NOT TYPICALLY MOSQUITOES THAT WE HAVE IN MISSISSIPPI. THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT THE VIRUS COULD MUTATE TO SPREAD THROUGH OUR MOSQUITOES WHICH HAS HAPPENED BEFORE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD WHERE IT IS SPREAD WITH THE MOSQUITOES WE HAVE HERE . MOST PARENTS ALREADY TAKE PRECAUTIONS WHEN BRINGING THEIR KIDS OUT BUT NOW THEY SAY THEY'LL BE EXTRA CAREFUL. THE VIRUS HAS NO KNOW CURE AND COULD LEAVE YOU BED- RIDDEN FOR A WEEK OR MORE. THEY NEED TO FIND A CURE QUICK THE BEST WAY TO STAY SAFE. MOSQUITO REPELLANT. AND KEEPING DITCHES WATER FREE... LIVE IN JACKSON TAMMY ESTWICK 16 WAPT NEWS. TAMMY--- WHERE DO OTHER STATES RANK WITH DISEASE? AS OF JULY 15 THE STATE WITH THE MOST CHIKUNGUNYA REPORTS IS FLORIDA WITH 73. FOLLOWED BY NEW YORK -- WITH 20. THANKS.

Hillary Clinton's office said "nothing nefarious was at play" when the former secretary of state used her personal email address, rather than one provided by the State Department, during her four years as America's top diplomat.